Eric Metaxas, author of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, has been named this year’s recipient of the John Pollock Award for Christian Biography given by Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School.

Metaxas will receive the award from Beeson dean Dr. Timothy George during an 11 a.m. service Tuesday, March 1, in A. Gerow Hodges Chapel. He will also speak on the same topic as his book. The public is invited.

The honoree’s eclectic career spans work as a writer and editor for Chuck Colson’s nationally syndicated daily radio program, Breakpoint, to writing children’s books for VeggieTales, including the bestseller God Made You Special! He is the author of the acclaimed biography Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery.

Metaxas’ book on Deitrich Bonhoeffer chronicles the life of the German pastor who was executed in a concentration camp after opposing Adolph Hitler.

The Pollock award honors Christian biographer John C. Pollock, a British writer of more than 30 books on religion, including The Billy Graham Story. The award is presented annually to the author of the year’s outstanding Christian biography.